_StorytellingDescription:
Participation in storytelling should train students to
recreate a familiar story extemporaneously. Rules – Selection:

A
selected list of fifteen (15) stories will be announced in the fall of
each year.

The
order of presentation shall be determined by lot before the contest
begins.

Thirty
(30) minutes before the contest begins, the first storyteller shall draw
three titles. The storyteller shall immediately choose one of them and
return the other two, which will then be placed with the other stories
remaining to be drawn.

The
title chosen shall be recorded by the Event Manager.

Each
of the succeeding performers shall, at intervals of six (6) minutes, in
turn, follow the same procedure.

In all
rounds, including finals, in ALL levels of competition, a student may NOT
repeat a story previously performed in preliminary round at that level of
competition.

In the
event that the student draws a previously performed story, s/he may draw a
substitute story.

After
the contestant has drawn a title, the student shall not confer, or
communicate, in any way with a coach or others until the
presentation has been delivered.

Each
storyteller shall present the storytelling draw slip to the Room Manager
or Judge(s) in the round.

No books, notes or properties shall
be taken to the platform.

Introductory
comments (which may be preceded by a teaser) must precede the telling of
the story.

The
contestant must not add subplots.

A subplot
is a series of connected actions/events within a work that function
separately from the main plot. Subplots do not carry forward,
strengthen, or explicate the main plot, or change the original plot and
must adhere to the story's style, intent, and mood.

Cutting
of a lengthy story is allowable to meet time constraints.

The
use of a concluding statement that ties back to the introduction is not
required.

As
requested by the Speech Advisory Committee, there will be no Readers in
Storytelling.

The Tournament
Committee asks that Judges have read the stories, if they have indicated a
willingness to judge this event at all levels of competition.

Rules – Performance:

The
performer must show their ability to recreate the story in his/her own
words, with emphasis on a direct conversational style and spontaneous
bodily action.

The
contestant must maintain the story's mood and format and must deliver the
story extemporaneously.

TIME
LIMIT, INCLUDING REQUIRED INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS, IS SIX (6) MINUTES.

If
the storyteller is warned that time has expired, the storyteller may
conclude with one final statement.